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SWISS on the up and up: 5.2 million passengers transported in the first half-year
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10 July 2002

SWISS, the new Swiss airline, is going along well with the trend: passenger figures show that, during the first six months, there was a continuing month-by-month increase. In total, 5,169,617 passengers were welcomed aboard in the first six months, of whom 733,501 were carried on intercontinental flights in the second quarter.

In European business, the seat-lad factor increased month by month and attained a figure of 62.0% in June. Very good results were achieved in the first two quarters for traffic with Spain and Portugal, and also with destinations in south-east Europe, such as Greece, Hungary, Macedonia and Turkey. Traffic with Ireland was also good, whereas the development of traffic with Germany was below average.

With the start of the Summer timetable, SWISS expanded its route network to cover destinations in North and South America, in the Near and Middle East, in Asia and in Africa. The start in intercontinental business was very satisfactorily performed. Following load factors of about 75% in April and May. The seat-load factor increased to 80.6% in June. The links between Switzerland and North America to New York, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, Washington, and Montreal contributed largely to the good results. In the same period, above average load factors were achieved on the routes to Bangkok and Hong Kong.

Overall, a seat-load factor of 66.1% was recorded for the traditionally weak seasonal months of the first half-year. Whereas for European business the load factor was 55%, for intercontinental traffic it was 76.9%. Both the passenger numbers and the seat-load factors were well above the values contained in the Business Plan of December 2001.

Passengers  Europe  Intercontinental  Total 
January  477.227  0  477.227 
February  621.865  0  621.865 
March  792.601  0  792.601 
April  823.402  237.170  1.060.572 
May  849.032  242.124  1.091.156 
June  871.989  254.207  1.126.196 
       
Totals, 1st half-year  4.436.116  733.501  5.169.617 

 

Seat-load factor  Europe  Intercontinental  Total 
January  42.6%  -  42.6% 
February  48.7%  -  48.7% 
March  56.4%  -  56.4% 
April  57.6%  75.7%  69.5% 
May  58.1%  74.4%  68.8% 
June  62.0%  80.6%  74.2% 
       
Totals, 1st half-year  55.0%  76.9%  66.1% 

 

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